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Old April 2nd 08, 07:25 PM posted to alt.usage.english,alt.callahans,alt.support.boy-lovers,rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
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Default A group of little femboys was/were/are posting in therec.aquaria.marine.reefs group and posing as guru's.........hahahahahha

On Mar 31, 2:25Â*pm, Jthread wrote:
On Mar 31, 12:46Â*pm, ªºªandcarole♣♣ wrote:



On Mar 31, 2:43�am, Barbara Bailey wrote:


Oleg Lego wrote :


On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:21:16 -0000, Mark Brader posted:


"Datere" asks about:
A group of little girls *were playing in the park.
A group of little girls *was playing in the park.
...
The answer is that "were" is correct and "was" is wrong. �Expressions
like "a group of..." and "a number of..." are almost always construed
as plural. �Nouns referring to groups are construed as singular only
if you are thinking of the group as a single unit, which would be
very unusual for an expression like "a group of".


Well, whenever I think of a "group of" anything, I think of it as a
single unit, namely, a group.


Same here. "Group" is the noun, "of..." is an adjectival phrase modifying
it. In Datere's original sentences, "a group was playing..." �or "girls
were playing.."


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bwaaaaaaaa hahahahaha what a ****ing bunch of asshole lovers.